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1000 Words Challenge

The 1000 Words Challenge is a campaign funded by the British Academy and Routes into Languages to get everyone to learn 1000 words in another language - a realistic and achievable goal for everyone, regardless of linguistic aptitude! To find out more about the challenge and how to take part click here!

Oxford German Evening Classes

German Language Evening Classes

German History and Art Courses

The Continuing Education Department of Oxford University offers a range of German courses in both Oxford and Reading, focusing on speaking, listening and the exploration of culture and society, backed up by an understanding of grammar. There are also history and history of art classes including ‘German Romanticism’ to ‘Art and Culture in the Weimar Republic’.

Learning German

Did you know that…

Oxford holds two copies of the first ever German grammar book for English learners? Published in 1680, the High Dutch Minerva was written by Martin Aedler, a lecturer in Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. Born in the university town of Jena (Thuringia, Germany) in 1643, Aedler settled in England but remained passionately committed to the study of the German language. His grammar compiles grammar rules and idioms but also includes a great deal of linguistic commentary. It often compares German with English and other languages. The images below show some pages from the edition of 1680 that is held in the library of Jesus College, Oxford.